Additional Dog Skills

[icthulu]

I am disappointed that dog is a little underpowered, and my favorite mage slayer can't come with me the whole campaign because certain points just can not be done with him.

 

Would anyone be able to point me in the direction of where I might begin in upgrading this, or giving Dog skills so he can stealth and gain attack bonuses?

[ShadowDragyn]

I am disappointed that dog is a little underpowered, and my favorite mage slayer can't come with me the whole campaign because certain points just can not be done with him.

 

Would anyone be able to point me in the direction of where I might begin in upgrading this, or giving Dog skills so he can stealth and gain attack bonuses?

Okay, first, you'll need to read this: http://social.bioware.com/wiki/datoolset/i..._Spell_Tutorial

That should show you how to convert 2DA files to GDA, among other very important things.

Then, you need to open up ABI_base, and find the abilities you want to give to the Dog. Copy the desired ability's line, and give it a new unused ID number.

Look at this page to get familiar with what each section of the ability's line is used for: http://social.bioware.com/wiki/datoolset/index.php/ABI_base

One thing you'll have to do with every ability is go to the prereqability section. Change it to 4034 for each first-tier ability, which will make it a Dog ability by requiring the innate Dog Hidden Ability for it to appear in a character's talent list. Then for each higher-tier ability in that same line of 4, give it the ID of the last one in the line, causing each higher-tier ability to require the one before it (this ID chain is what's necessary to make them appear in the same line).

 

For editing GDA files, I recommend the program GDApp, which can be found on the official DA:O social site's project download section.

[icthulu]

Ah thanks. I was worried about the formatting part, certainly.

 

Yes GDApp is perfect. I open in OO and copy and paste what I need, and I'm done. Great app. Though I had to go the long way with mult-tab sheets like ABI_Base. But Win7 runs those things very easily. A simple doubleclick, which is great.

 

Appreciate the link. All this info is so scattered about it's frustrating. But at least a few people know enough to point around where.